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Title: DayAfter Night

By: Anita Diamant

Sunday Evening, June 5th

 8:00 pm

At the home of Chani Gurkov

194 Ratzer Road

 Day After Night is based on the extraordinary true story of the October 1945 rescue of more than two hundred prisoners from the Atlit internment camp, a prison for "illegal" immigrants run by the British military near the Mediterranean coast south of Haifa. The story is told through the eyes of four young women at the camp with profoundly different stories. All of them survived the Holocaust: Shayndel, a Polish Zionist; Leonie, a Parisian beauty; Tedi, a hidden Dutch Jew; and Zorah, a concentration camp survivor. Haunted by unspeakable memories and losses, afraid to begin to hope, Shayndel, Leonie, Tedi, and Zorah find salvation in the bonds of friendship and shared experience even as they confront the challenge of re-creating themselves in a strange new country.

This is an unforgettable story of tragedy and redemption, a novel that reimagines a moment in history with such stunning eloquence that we are haunted and moved by every devastating detail. Day After Night is a triumphant work of fiction.

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Ladies Trip to NY 

he Chabad Center Women's Circle  annouces an incredible evening for ladies. Join us as we have a great dinner and hear Mrs. Esther Jungreis, a  fashionable, chic Rebbetzin, founder of Hineini, (an international outreach organization) and a much sought after speaker. Esther has spoken in  Hollywood Palladium, the Johannesburg Coliseum and Binyanei HaOuma in Jerusalem. 

 In this year alone, she has traveled to Israel, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, England, Hungary, Poland, Germany, South Africa, Australia, Belgium, Holland, Russia and the Ukraine. She also speaks regularly for the United States Military as well as the Israeli Defense Forces. 

Rebbetzin Jungreis weekly Torah Class at the Hineini Center in the upper West Side attracts hundreds of participants.

Thursday Evening June 30th, 2011

We'll be departing from the Chabad Center at 5:15 PM, for  dinner at

"My most Favorite Dessert" at 232 West End Ave. and then on to 247 West 72nd St. for Rebbetzin Jungreis's class.

To Join us on this great trip Email Chanig@optonline.net or call 973 694 6274

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 Ladies trip to Matzah Bakery in Brooklyn 

The Chabad Center's Jewish Woman's Circle will be visiting an Authentic Matzah Bakery. Watch as the Matzah is made from scratch and baked all within 18 minutes. 

 Stop at the most famous and amazing Shick's Bakery where ALL the desserts are Kosher for Passover!   

After the visit we will be enjoying dinner together at Orchedia,kosher dairy dining with beautiful ambiance. 

Sunday, April 10th 2011-Leaving from The Chabad Center at 4:00pm and returning approximately at 8:30pm

To join us on this great trip call Chani 973-694-6274 or email Chani at chanig@optonline.net  

This evening is open to all Jewish women in our community.Space is limited so please RSVP.

Matzah Tidbit 

When Moses instructed the Jews to prepare matzah for the Passover Eve feast (scheduled for the night before their anticipated departure from Egypt), he enjoined them to "guard the matzahs" (Exodus 12:17). This verse is the basis of an interesting law. It is not enough to eat matzah on the Seder night; it is also a mitzvah to guard the matzah's dough as it is being prepared for baking, so that it does not rise.

Jewish law rules that there are two very different kinds of matzah.

One is the matzah that we eat throughout most of Passover. That matzah is considered "optional." We don't have to eat matzah; we could eat other foods that are not chametz (leavened) such as dairy, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables. As long as we do not eat chametz, we are in keeping with the rules of the holiday. If however we choose to eat bread, it would have to be of the matzah variety.

It isn't only the result that counts; it is also the effort we put into itThe situation is very different during the first two Seder nights of Passover. On those two nights it is mandatory to eat matzah, so that we recall the unleavened bread eaten by our ancestors as they left Egypt. The matzah of the Seder is called matzot mitzvah ("obligatory matzah") and there are special rules dictating how it should be baked.

An example of this concept would be the rules of a kosher mezuzah. The mitzvah of mezuzah begins even before we attach it to our doorpost; it starts with the way the mezuzah is written, with a skilled scribe (called a sofer) writing the words of the Shema on parchment. The scribe must be a Jewish adult, who himself is obligated in the mitzvah of mezuzah. A computer generated printout might be neat and precise, but it would not constitute a kosher mezuzah, because it is incapable of doing a "Jewish" mitzvah.

In very much the same way, the baking of the Seder matzah is the beginning of the mitzvah. Mixing the dough, rolling and shaping the matzah and putting the dough into the oven to bake-are all activities that must be performed by adult Jews. This is why machine-made matzah is not the best choice for the Seder. Hand-baked matzah is becoming more and more popular and many people eat them for the entire Passover. Certainly, the hand-baked matzah are the optimum choice for the Seder nights.

It is easy to recognize a hand-baked matzah, because they are round in contrast to the square-shaped machine-made variety. Interestingly, the Torah describes the matzah that the Jews ate when they left Egypt as "ugot," a Hebrew word that also means round-shaped.

There is an important lesson that we can learn from matzah. It isn't only the result that counts; it is also the effort we put into it. In today's world of automation, we sometimes forget the beauty and value of personal involvement. A mitzvah requires human effort (and there are few mitzvot that demand as much effort as the preparations for Passover...).

A machine can produce matzah that is neat and tasty, but it is human effort and hard work that makes the matzah a true mitzvah. Only hard effort can yield true value. 
 

In Celebration of Rosh Chodesh and the warm weather. 

Come and join us for an inspirational and fun

Women’s Night Out

Wednesday, June 17^th 7:00 p.m.

Take a moment out of your busy life to relax,

connect with friends and simply express your self.

Join Lori and Elyce

 The duo who created

“Art of the Bead”

As the creators of this fabulous line of jewelry, these two designers are sure to teach all of us a lot about color and style for the months ahead. Lori and Elyce will lead us through a Jewelry Making Course as we create our own beautiful pieces to wear this Summer. The designs reflect and support wearers in their lifestyle while wearing pieces that have vibrant colors and look great.

$20 cover

Each woman will take home their own piece

 of jewelry designed on this evening.

There is limited space for this particular event held at

The Chabad Center 194 Ratzer Road Wayne, NJ 07470

So please reserve early. R.S.V.P.  973 694-6274 or Chanig@optonline.net

Pastries and coffee will be served.